https://git.samba.org/?p=rsync.git;a=patch;h=f5e8a17e093065fb20fea00a29540fe2c7896441
minor edits were made to get the patch to apply

From f5e8a17e093065fb20fea00a29540fe2c7896441 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wayne Davison <wayned@samba.org>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 15:49:56 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fix issue with earlier path-check (fixes "make check") and
 make a BOOL more explicit.

---
 checksum.c |  2 +-
 receiver.c | 10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/receiver.c b/receiver.c
index 9c46242..75cb00d 100644
--- a/receiver.c
+++ b/receiver.c
@@ -574,15 +574,15 @@ int recv_files(int f_in, int f_out, char *local_name)
 			file = dir_flist->files[cur_flist->parent_ndx];
 		fname = local_name ? local_name : f_name(file, fbuf);
 
-		if (daemon_filter_list.head
-		    && check_filter(&daemon_filter_list, FLOG, fname, 0) < 0) {
+		if (DEBUG_GTE(RECV, 1))
+			rprintf(FINFO, "recv_files(%s)\n", fname);
+
+		if (daemon_filter_list.head && (*fname != '.' || fname[1] != '\0')
+		 && check_filter(&daemon_filter_list, FLOG, fname, 0) < 0) {
 			rprintf(FERROR, "attempt to hack rsync failed.\n");
 			exit_cleanup(RERR_PROTOCOL);
 		}
 
-		if (DEBUG_GTE(RECV, 1))
-			rprintf(FINFO, "recv_files(%s)\n", fname);
-
 #ifdef SUPPORT_XATTRS
 		if (preserve_xattrs && iflags & ITEM_REPORT_XATTR && do_xfers
 		 && !(want_xattr_optim && BITS_SET(iflags, ITEM_XNAME_FOLLOWS|ITEM_LOCAL_CHANGE)))
-- 
1.9.1

